Analysis of 20 years of NASA antenna transmissions shows: the most powerful radio signals from Earth are directed along the plane of the Solar System — right where the planets wheel. This concentration is like a metropolis’s main street: all the noise and chatter gathers there, while side streets are silent. An observer edge-on to the Sun the moment Earth crosses the star’s disk is right on that street — antennas are audible 20 times more often than average. And during planetary close approaches, like Earth and Mars, the chance of catching a transmission over 20 years reached 77%. That’s 400,000 times higher than switching on a receiver at random, as if eavesdropping on the same avenue, but at rush hour. Therefore, telescopes should target planetary systems seen edge-on and capture transit moments. And here’s the twist: our signals aren’t messages, just radars and probe commands. That means alien “technical” beacons could be just as loud.